"This noble young man and young lady is so kind-hearted that they are willing to help."

"Well, the rich kids don't have to worry about food and clothing, so of course they are happy to help out. If it can leave a good reputation and doesn't cost any money, why not do it?"

"Too."

When a few onlookers saw this scene, they first sighed at the freedom of wealth and luxury, and then dispersed with relief.

Jiang Qingqing watched as several people in simple clothes picked up the girl and were about to leave.

She sighed subconsciously.

Then he heard the young man above his head comfortingly: "She is one of ours, they will take good care of her."

Jiang Qingqing then breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with assurance.

This incident can be considered a small episode.

By the time Xiao Linting brought Jiang Qingqing to the private room booked at Fanlou, Jiang Chen had already secretly eaten a side dish.

"Why are you here so late? What delayed you on the way?"

The eldest prince was just about to ask gently, but Jiang Chen, who was standing beside him, saw this and asked casually.

The eldest prince's words were completely blocked.

Xiao Linting put Jiang Qingqing down, and then said calmly: "Nothing, I saw a couple of merchants quarreling on the way, so I stopped to watch for a while."

"Have you figured out what's right and what's wrong?" The eldest prince learned his lesson this time and spoke even faster than Jiang Chen.

Jiang Qingqing sat on the chair and said leisurely, "I couldn't figure out what was right and what was wrong. Later, a girl stopped me halfway and I fainted after a few words."

"Fainted? What happened? Is he still alive?" Jiang Chen asked before the eldest prince.

Jiang Qingqing watched the eldest prince and Jiang Chen talking to each other like they were chasing each other. She was amused by the scene and smiled.

Xiao Linting calmly sat down on the chair, straightened his sleeves, and continued, "She said she came from the village, but failed to seek refuge with her relatives and had nowhere to go, so she stopped passers-by."

Jiang Qingqing didn't have much to add, but nodded in acknowledgement of the fact.

When the eldest prince heard that they had just come out of the village, he nodded and said nothing. Instead, Jiang Chen asked another question.

"Do you know which village it is?"

Jiang Qingqing recalled roughly, "She said it seemed to be Ba Village."

Xiao Linting was preparing tableware and took the opportunity to pick up the teapot and refill himself with a cup of hot tea.

The eldest prince frowned. He had heard of these villages and said in surprise, "No, this Ba Village is behind Kyoto. I heard that the most abundant thing there is water. Logically speaking, with water, the village will not have any problems to survive."

Jiang Chen didn’t know much about these geographical common sense, but he listened to them as if they were for fun, so he just listened silently.

The children had never been on a field trip and had no idea why Ba Village was like that. Even the Ba Village to which the eldest prince belonged was only described in a few words in books.

Xiao Linting, who had just refilled his tea, saw the confused expressions of these princes, so he took the initiative to explain.

"Some time ago, a memorial was submitted to the court, mentioning that the water source in Ba Village has been visibly disappearing in recent months. Some people said that it was because the locals had offended the water god, while others thought that the water outlet was blocked. For this reason, the court sent several students from the Imperial Academy to check it out."

"How come we don't know?" Jiang Chen asked again in confusion.

Jiang Qingqing pursed her lips. She glanced at the simple and naive Third Prince and sighed in her heart, but she still did not forget to explain to him.

"Those who can be sent to conduct field research must be senior students. Isn't it natural that you are not invited? What can you understand if you go?"

The baby voice was full of self-righteousness and decisiveness.

Jiang Chen was dissatisfied. He put his hands on his hips and raised his chin slightly. "Who said I don't understand? If I could go to Ba Village to take a look, would so many people be needed to study these things?"

Jiang Qingqing snorted slightly in her heart.

With Jiang Chen's current scheming and ideas, if he were to be sent abroad and encounter some local officials with ulterior motives, he would inevitably be deceived.

Xiao Linting just thought it was a dispute between two children, but he gradually became concerned about this Ba Village.

Jiang Qingqing was too lazy to talk to an innocent boy like Jiang Chen. She turned her attention to the emperor's uncle again and said lightly, "Uncle, after I come out of Fanlou, can I go to the side yard to see the little girl? I'm a little worried about her."

This reason was very upright, and it also revealed her "soft heart". Xiao Linting nodded slightly and replied in a deep voice: "But you can't go alone. I will accompany Your Highness in a while."

Jiang Qingqing had no objection to this and nodded in response.

The topic came to a halt, and the atmosphere in the room froze for a moment, and a quiet atmosphere suddenly appeared in the room.

Before the quiet atmosphere lasted for half a cup of tea, the door was opened from the outside.

Then, Nafu opened the door of the wing room and said respectfully, "The princess is here."

Before she finished her words, Princess Qi Yang stepped into the house. She looked around and looked at the small room in Fanlou, frowning with a little disdain.

"Why did we call for such a private room? The view is not good, it's remote and not lively at all." As soon as she walked in, she began to criticize the environment here from top to bottom.

Princess Qiyang is not a bad person, but she does things and speaks harshly, and always compares herself with Jiang Qingqing. But if you say she is a bad person, she hasn't done anything bad since she left the palace.

Jiang Qingqing looked at Princess Qi Yang's picky look speechlessly.

Princess Qi Yang is the type who is praised too highly on a daily basis and has begun to become a little uneasy.

Now that she has returned to Kyoto, she finds that there is someone who is more favored than her, so she feels unbalanced and wants to act pretentiously.

After realizing who Princess Qi Yang was, Jiang Qingqing's annoyance towards her eased a little.

No matter how you look at it, he's a poor man.

Although there must be something hateful about pitiful people.

"If you dislike this place, why didn't you come with us when we set out from the palace? Even my eldest and second brothers didn't say anything, so why are you being so picky?"

Jiang Chen was a carefree, straight man. He had long been fed up with Princess Qi Yang's controlling attitude. He endured it again and again, but when he really couldn't bear it anymore, he simply spoke out.

Jiang Qingqing pursed her lips and lowered her head to hide the gloating smile in her eyes.

"Mr. Jiang Chen, when you wanted to quit the literary world, I didn't agree." The ending of the little baby voice trembled with a hint of smile.

Jiang Chen listened to Jiang Qingqing's words and smiled with relief. He waved his hand and responded to this.

"Well, it's not impossible for me to return to the literary world and make a fresh start."